St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
SPORTING EVENTS.
Col. Mclaughlin will Defend His
Titie.-Several Roxing Matches lm.


Title--Several ROxing Matches I'm.
nlinent.
Col. Mel aughlin, who has been chatting
under the slurring remarks made by j. j.
Benjamin III the Eastern papers, has de-
cided to take up the gentleman'S offer for a
collar-a and elbow match. as will be seen
from the following communication:
TO the Editor of the Globe.
As the papers of late have con-
tanned considerable matter from J. ].
Benjamin, of New York, which was
not complimentary to me as Il gentleman or
an athlete, and as | know that thousands of
my friends and readers of the GLOBE are wait
ing to see the outcome, 1 wish to say to them
that having tried every reasonable method to
get rid of him honorably and remain at my
post, and failed, have determined to face
hin. have applied for leave of absence
have notified my old hacker at Detroit, and at
some time and place in the near future Mr..
Benjamin will be required 10 make good be-
fore the people what he has been giving to
the press. }. H. MCLAUGHLIN.
While Col. Mclaughlin would much
prefer to be LETT TO his life as railroader.
he still means to defend the title of
champion, and there is little doubt that a
match will be arranged to take place in
Minneapolis.
The Sullivan Cardiff meeting is still
making great deal of talk in the sporting
columns of Eastern papers. Macon" in
the Cincinnati Enquirer, has this to say:
Before going further it may not be out OF
place to tell of Patsy Cardiff's only fight in
the East. 1t took place at Johnny Clark S
clubhouse in Philadelphia some two years
ago, his antagonist being Denny kelleher
the same man who knocked Frank Heard
out with one blow. Denny was as fat as a
porpoise. and for the first two rounds he
frnrO ar6i
ton of Johnny Clark, who coached him, he
made play and held his man as even as die.
Cardiff showed that he was the stronger man,
but ne was not as clever with his hands
as Kellehtr. Since then l learn that he has
grown good deal bigger but very little
bit cleverer. If he really believes that he has
champion form he can get matches at once
with Mccartney. Kirain or Dempsey. Mean
while it might not be a bad idea for him to
tackle Pat killen, who is out his way. II he
can do Pat his reputation will be much higher
than his good luck with Sullivan made it
His ''cracks' that he is making to the effect
that Sullivan can't knock him out at ALL and
that next time they meet he will force the
fighting from start to finish, are but the bonn
baStic vapOringS of q man who expected 10 be
''smothered, and by rare good fortune found
himself unscathed. If he were sensible he
would wear his honor meekly, and not make
wind-bag of himself. As it is, his conduct
strongly reminds me of jackass braying at u
wounded lion.
A ten-round match between Mart Fahey
and Duncan c. Mcdonald has virtually
Deen decided on and will probably take
place in Minneapolis at the Com.que.
Jerry Murphy and his friends state that
Needham can get match for the light
weight championship any time he will
come to Minneapolis or send representa-
tive.
A couple of sporting men aver that John
L. Sullivan has succu mbed to John Barley
corn again and was quite "lush'' when he
took the train for the East at st. Paul Mon
day night
The meeting of the Minneapolis Gun
club was last evening adjourned until Tues
day night